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Search is becoming more task-focused as Google rolls out AI tools that can track topics, book services and use personal data.
The model is now the default in Gemini and Search, with Google aiming to speed up multi-step coding and workplace automation tasks.
Short-form creators can now edit clips with natural-language prompts as Google rolls its new video model out to Shorts, Create and Gemini.
The deal gives Anthropic direct control over tooling used by many developers, as Stainless winds down its hosted products and SDK generator.
Workers can now pull Zoom meeting notes and transcripts into ChatGPT, Claude and Codex, reducing the need to hunt across systems.
Security integrators could cut development time and costs as Brivo updates its platform for natural-language AI tools and wider software links.
It aims to curb over-privileged AI systems by giving each agent its own identity and limiting access to specific tasks and sessions.
Developers can now supervise long-running coding tasks from their phones, with live updates and approvals in ChatGPT's mobile app.
Platform teams can now track Kubernetes and Helm changes in one system as formae broadens its reach into container orchestration and plugins.
Shopify merchants will get more control over reviews, regional content and fraud checks as Bazaarvoice deepens its role in the platform.
Enterprises could gain more governed AI workflows as the software maker links agents, legacy app modernisation and Snowflake data access.
Businesses using multiple AI systems will get tighter controls as Boomi adds policy enforcement, monitoring and workflow orchestration tools.
The funding will help Vapi scale its voice AI platform as enterprise demand surges and more than 1 billion calls flow through its agents.
Only seven per cent of organisations are data ready, raising doubts over whether enterprise AI can move from prototypes to production.
Boards and regulators are pushing firms to prove AI oversight as fast-changing rules leave many compliance teams scrambling for evidence.
Banks could speed up digital journeys and compliance checks as Temenos embeds AI agents and copilots into systems used for daily operations.
Sonatype joins Linux Foundation registry working group to tackle funding, governance and security pressures as package downloads near 10 trillion.
Software teams can run up to three times as many tests without adding space or power, Cambrionix said, as lab bottlenecks grow.
Businesses using x402 could keep payment amounts and balances private, as TACEO's new Merces-based system targets confidential transactions on Base.